Prefect Febres, a genocidal torturer, member of the state terrorist death squads under the military government (1976-82), assigned to the concentration camp in ESMA (Petty officers' Mechanic Naval School) during the "lead years" was found assassinated two days ago at his detention center, a Naval Prefecture Garrison where he was avaiting sentence for four of the more of 300 cases of dissappearences, torture, babies appropriationsa and other crimes he was accused of.
He was murdered four days before the sentence was to be dictated by the panel of judges that put him on trial. He was held prisoner in a confortable two-room apartment, with TV, DVD, air conditioned, unrestricted visits, access to cellular telephone and internet and without key to his front door.
His corpse was found at 10:30 AM two days ago, when his guards climbed to the second floor apartment surprised by the fact that he did not come down to have breakfast with them as usual. Pressured by the lawyers of the victims (Collaborative Justicia Ya! where the CP, PTS and people connected with Izquierda.Info participate) an autopsy was performed and found he had several times over the deadly dosis of 0.5 mmgg of cyanide in his blood stream.
Febres was accused of torturing and murdering, as well as appropiating babies born in captivity of over 300 members of Montoneros, FAR, PST as well as human rights and trade unionist activists as well as intellectuals and the founder of Madres de Plaza de Mayo, Villaflor.
The message of the crime was clear and is sendind a chilling reminder to everyone: Nobody talks, nobody will be punished, they can still touch everthing inside and outside prison. Febres was supposed to address the tribunal tomorrow adn some expected he would have disclosed who has some of the babies born in captivity. The General Attorney asked the tribunal to hand out a 25-year sentence because he was only being judged this time for four crimes of torment and illegal arrests.
Two of his guards had been arrested and possibly the head of the Naval Prefecture will be removed from his post. But he message of terror was, again, delivered.
posted by Break the Chains at 12:10 PM on Dec 17, 2007
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